Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Sketchbook » Positive Attitude http://elizabethpatch.com positive art for the plus size majority! Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Apple or Pear…or Woman? http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/08/apple-or-pear.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/08/apple-or-pear.html#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:36:00 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/10/are-you-an-apple-or-a-pear.html Not a String Bean

Pear Shape? Apple Shape? Sweet, Delicious Woman shape! from More to Love, © Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved

I discovered apple-shaped & pear-shaped bodies in a teen magazine when I was about eleven years old. At the time, I was shaped like a string bean, straight and round, and I hadn’t really thought

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The Shine List

Loving Family Fabulous Friends Cozy Home Challenging Career Robust Health Natural Beauty Brilliant Intellect Dazzling Charm Sparkling Humor Slender, girlish figure

9 out of 10 ain’t bad!

We all have a “sh*t list”… Have you ever made a “shine list”?

This week’s “sounds easy” hard-to-do idea: Count blessings,

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from More to Love, © elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

“A woman can never be too rich or too thin”. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Is that so?

Maybe this famous line is just another cheeky witticism from a member

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Lose weight? Maybe. Maybe Not.

I exercise for strength, for health, for  fun, for me!

© elizabeth patch, from More to Love

No matter what size or shape you are, and no matter what you weigh, you can choose to live a life of better health and greater happiness by treating your body with respect and dignity.

You can choose to:

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Swimming…

Riding a bike…

Picnics and hikes…

The backyard and the beach…

Swinging in a hammock full of daydreams…

No bikini required!

© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved, from “More to Love”

I was hopefully, happily unpacking a few Spring things this week. Short-sleeve tops! Capris! Sandals! Light colors! Sun dresses! And then I found my bathing

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I never let my size

determine the shape of my dreams!

© excerpt from “More to Love“

Go get a piece of paper.

Make a list of every single thing that you wanted to be when you grew up.

( Yes, even rockstar! )

Get another piece of paper.

Make a list of every single thing

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Determined

Inspired

Empowered

Whatever your life path, whatever your dreams, whatever your goals: focusing, practicing, failing, repeating seems to be the only way to achieve them.

So whatever your size, whatever your shape, your age, your income, or your position in life: Defy all stereotypes and remain focused.

You just might become the woman of your dreams!

This illustration is for

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I believe that you can be happy and healthy at every size.

It may take some practice convincing yourself this, especially if you’ve ever suffered an eating disorder or been on the roller-coaster of yo-yo dieting.

But I also believe that you can do everything at

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This new illustration is for my next book. She represents the concept of being "athletic" at any size or level of fitness.

The idea of an “exercise program” seems so intimidating. I drag myself to the gym a few times every year, and then inevitably quit. Even though I

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We really enjoyed the big family meals with home-cooked roasts and all the trimmings this holiday season.

We loved the pies, cookies, stuffing, gingerbread and latkes while we ate them.

Loved the eggnog, champagne, mulled cider and punch while we drank them.

Loved the fancy Hors D’Oeuvres

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